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Announcing the First Annual OFCC/TDI Fun 'n Gun!

4:12pm Friday, December 31, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry would like to invite you to join senior OFCC staff at the First Annual OFCC/TDI Fun 'n Gun! This fun event will be hosted by the Tactical Defense Institute, Ohio's premier tactical training facility. This event will be a combination of basic tactical training and IDPA type scenario shoots. Geared for both beginning and advanced shooters, it promises to be a day of fun...

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Tale of Two Countries: "Batterings more likely for Britons"; Crime falls in US

9:01am Friday, December 31, 2004

The (UK) Sun is reporting that the rate of armed attacks against British citizens continues to soar out of control. In the news story, Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Keith Povey blasted the rise in violence recorded by police as “unprecedented”. He stressed: “The public, police and the Government are rightly concerned about the level of violence routinely displayed on our streets. align="...

Paper: Sheriff reduces staff, felons to be released

8:17am Friday, December 31, 2004

On Christmas Eve, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the Brown County Sheriff's office would be down to just one cruiser starting at the beginning of the year. The Brown County News Democrat has published a more detailed story , which reveals that the sheriff's office is preparing to release felons because they do not have the funding to keep them incarcerated. While residents learned of staff...

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Another good Samaritan beaten, robbed in ''setup''

7:54am Friday, December 31, 2004

Two days after a Greene Co. couple was shot at and assaulted after stopping to help a woman who was flagging them down on a roadside, another violent attack on a would-be good Samaritan in Akron highlights the need to be prepared to defend your life in ANY situation. The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a 59-year-old good Samaritan was jumped and beaten after he stopped to help a woman...

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Op-Ed: Shooting Blanks

7:30am Friday, December 31, 2004

December 29, 2004 New York Post by Dr. John Lott Jr. This month the National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report on gun-control laws. The big news is that the academy's panel couldn't identify any benefits of decades-long effort to reduce crime and injury by restricting gun ownership. The only conclusion it could draw was: Let's study the question some more (presumably, until we find the...

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Losing on all fronts, Brady left trying to spin numbers of CHLs issued

10:51am Thursday, December 30, 2004

by Chad D. Baus Having lost legislative battles against concealed carry reform in Ohio and across the country, having seen the unsuccessful Clinton Gun Ban go down in flames, having watched another anti-gun Presidential candidate get beat on the gun issue, and having witnessed crime rates fall nationwide even as more and more Americans carry firearms for self-defense, the Brady Campaign (formerly...

Masked men with handguns rob ''no-guns'' FirstMerit

7:26am Thursday, December 30, 2004

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that authorities are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday morning in Kenmore. The story says employees at the FirstMerit Bank in the 1000 block of Kenmore Boulevard reported that three ski-masked men with handguns entered the bank about 9:40 a.m., and demanded money. FBI officials were quoted as saying two of armed criminals jumped over the...

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FLASH: Armed robbery at ''no-guns'' Bureau of Workers' Comp garage

5:29pm Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that there has been a robbery at a parking garage that is leased to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in Columbus. While information is still sketchy, initial information is that a female attendant who was working in a ticket booth (behind prominently displayed "no-guns" signs) was robbed on Wednesday morning, December 29. The criminal informed the...